Yet, with Claudio Caçapa pressed into a holding midfield role by the absence of the suspended Danny Guthrie and Joey Barton, United had an extra defender in their line-up.
Chris Hughton: "We have a great group of lads and felt we had a team on the pitch that was good enough to get a result.
"We had to play a central defender in centre midfielder, which was a blow to us, but still we felt we could contain them.
"We knew they would have a spring in their step because they had a new manager but despite that, we cannot defend like we did.
Hughton Points The Finger At Sloppy Defending!
Last Updated : 22-Sep-2008 by"Every circumstance is different, the only thing we can do is react to the circumstances of the moment and the circumstances here are no different to what they were a few days ago.
"At some stage they will be resolved but at this stage nobody knows in what way."
